Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

Creative

“I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust.”

Mind Three Pieces

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

Melancholic

“It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, ina government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one's being alone.”

Men Boys Ocean

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Love

“All men are children, and of one family.”

Men Children

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Wise

“Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.”

Self Respect

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Lonely

“I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home.”

Home Nature Solitary

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Thoughtful

“There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.”

Differences Drinking

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Philosophical

“No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.”

Men Levels

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Rebellious

“I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.”

Fashion Strength Individuality

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Confident

“To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.”

Thinking Sun Good Morning

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Wise

“Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.”

Believe Truth

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Wise

“Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics.”

Morality Ethics

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Determined

“All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.”

Fighting Perseverance Future

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